Sociological reflections on the youth unemployment in Slovakia

Sociological Reflections on the Youth Unemployment in Slovakia The constitu ent conditions of social contract between generations in Central and Easter n European countries have undergone a rapid change. The social contract can be understood as a tool designed to secure social appreciation among peopl e possessing unequal resources. In our case, the inter-generational social contract implies the readiness of young people to fulfill their duties impo sed by the society of adults after the state will support their life progra ms through creation of favourable conditions for their realisation. The support is usually identified when society enables young people to resp ond adequately to the three challenges of modernisation in sectors of new l iteracy: linguistic, information technology and civic. We have justified th e existence of a program, which would respond to another civilisational cha llenge: gaining the ability to produce a work performance. The process of t ransition of young adolescent to adulthood shall end up by acquisition of p ractical experiences and skills in the working process, which would test th e efficiency of basic qualifications (languages, IT skills, business spirit and social communication skills) acquired in formal and informal education al processes. New program TRANSITION (transition from school to work) shall begin with the encouragement of parents to engage their children in the ho usehold and communal work, continue with large supply of small job opportun ities for students and culminate in the renewal of well-tried journeyman mo bilities in the united Europe.